Android release on HTC Apache *CDMA Works!*

[cooljustin92]

Ha ok i found out what i did if you download the files the wrong way then it will not work.

I downloaded all the files the right way then put it on my phone this morning on the way to my bus stop and it worked so i played with it on my way to school this is what you have to do.

When you download the "android.rootfs.tar" file it needs to look like a .rar image. ( One time i downloaded and had a blank icon or plain white)

The startup file sould be a text file but dont but "startup.txt" it sould just be "startup"

The Zimage and inird files sould not be anything. (Like one time it downloaded and said it was a .txt file)

I hope this works for the people who are having trouble.

EDIT: this sould help you m15t1k0 thaats one of the codes i came up with

[tekkdrone]

Sounds like you may've had "Hide extensions for known files" turned on in Windows (it's on by default) and that is what likely caused issues with file names, thanks for the update.

[blizzake]

mine worked amazingly after i formatted my patriot 4gb sdhc card looks great it was fun to run it lol if it only had wifi or the phone support i would be inlove Thanks Tekkdrone keep up the good work

[m40295]

this os is one of the best phone os's i have seen out there cant wait for full release

[burnism]

I've never posted a comment of any sort here before but I wanted to give a hearty thank you to everyone who is working on making Android a possibility for the rest of us! Keep up the good work! This just puts me one step closer to getting Android on my Titan (ppc6800)... I hope. .... damn it that would be so awesome.... I'll be watching!

[tekkdrone]

Actually burnism, if I'm not mistaken, Android on the 6800 was achieved before this little project was ever conceived, alot of my most useful info has come from articles regarding Android on Ti-OMAP devices. Take a look around the net a bit and see what you can find, you might luck out

[mopar64]

This is my first post but I wanted to say thanks for all the work that's gone into this. Android is going to be the sh*t I think I am having a problem though; all the files seem to be in place and correctly named on my sd card, but I seem to be hanging at "Jumping to Kernel" It stayed there for a couple hours. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

[mopar64]

Originally Posted by mopar64

This is my first post but I wanted to say thanks for all the work that's gone into this. Android is going to be the sh*t I think I am having a problem though; all the files seem to be in place and correctly named on my sd card, but I seem to be hanging at "Jumping to Kernel" It stayed there for a couple hours. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

Here's the last bit of my haretlog.txt from my last attempt...

Running WSAStartup
Starting gui
In initdialog
Found machine Apache
executing startup.txt
HaRET(1)# set com "1"
HaRET(2)# set kernel "zImage"
HaRET(3)# set initrd "initrd"
HaRET(4)# set cmdline "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 mem=64M rootdelay=3 boot_delay=0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=rotate:0 androidboot.console=ttyS0 android.checkjni=1
HaRET(5)# bootlinux
boot KERNEL=zImage INITRD=initrd
Opening file zImage
Opening file initrd
boot params: RAMADDR=a0000000 RAMSIZE=04000000 MTYPE=959 CMDLINE='root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 mem=64M rootdelay=3 boot_delay=0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=rotate:0 androidboot.console=ttyS0 android.checkjni=1'
Boot FB feedback: 1
Built virtual to physical page mapping
Allocated 485 pages (tags=4C600000/a2956000 kernel=4C601000/a2955000 initrd=4C74D000/a2809000 index=4C7E1000/a2775000)
Built kernel tags area
Built page index
Video buffer at A8500020 sx=240 sy=320 mx=60 my=53
Video Phys FB=5c000020 Fonts=a2773064
preload=2260@4C7E4000/a2772000 sj=4C7E4000 stack=4C7E2000/a2774000 data=4C7E3000/a2773000 exec=a2772128
Reading 1357956 bytes...
Read complete
Reading 603266 bytes...
Read complete
Launching to physical address a2772010
Trampoline setup (tram=136@000255F4/1a0255f4/a09515f4)
MMU setup: mmu=B0890000/a0890000
Go Go Go...

[tekkdrone]

Originally Posted by mopar64

Here's the last bit of my haretlog.txt from my last attempt...

Running WSAStartup
Starting gui
In initdialog
Found machine Apache
executing startup.txt
HaRET(1)# set com "1"
HaRET(2)# set kernel "zImage"
HaRET(3)# set initrd "initrd"
HaRET(4)# set cmdline "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 mem=64M rootdelay=3 boot_delay=0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=rotate:0 androidboot.console=ttyS0 android.checkjni=1
HaRET(5)# bootlinux
boot KERNEL=zImage INITRD=initrd
Opening file zImage
Opening file initrd
boot params: RAMADDR=a0000000 RAMSIZE=04000000 MTYPE=959 CMDLINE='root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 mem=64M rootdelay=3 boot_delay=0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 fbcon=rotate:0 androidboot.console=ttyS0 android.checkjni=1'
Boot FB feedback: 1
Built virtual to physical page mapping
Allocated 485 pages (tags=4C600000/a2956000 kernel=4C601000/a2955000 initrd=4C74D000/a2809000 index=4C7E1000/a2775000)
Built kernel tags area
Built page index
Video buffer at A8500020 sx=240 sy=320 mx=60 my=53
Video Phys FB=5c000020 Fonts=a2773064
preload=2260@4C7E4000/a2772000 sj=4C7E4000 stack=4C7E2000/a2774000 data=4C7E3000/a2773000 exec=a2772128
Reading 1357956 bytes...
Read complete
Reading 603266 bytes...
Read complete
Launching to physical address a2772010
Trampoline setup (tram=136@000255F4/1a0255f4/a09515f4)
MMU setup: mmu=B0890000/a0890000
Go Go Go...

Hmmm, I'm not sure mopar, that log doesn't look out of the ordinary for haret, can you tell me the details of your system information so I can see if there's a workaround for you?

- How old is your phone
- What version of windows mobile are you running?
- Which carrier branding do you have? (vzw, sprint, etc)
- What format/size/brand is your SD card? Are you using FAT or FAT32?

Thanks

Edit: I've noticed HaRET behaving this way if I turn the phone's radio off before starting, or if I haven't reset the phone in a while and have done alot with it. Here are my radio status' at the time of launch:
BT: off, WiFi: off, Cellular: on and then HTC Performance: off.

[mopar64]

Originally Posted by tekkdrone

Hmmm, I'm not sure mopar, that log doesn't look out of the ordinary for haret, can you tell me the details of your system information so I can see if there's a workaround for you?

- How old is your phone
- What version of windows mobile are you running?
- Which carrier branding do you have? (vzw, sprint, etc)
- What format/size/brand is your SD card? Are you using FAT or FAT32?

Thanks

Edit: I've noticed HaRET behaving this way if I turn the phone's radio off before starting, or if I haven't reset the phone in a while and have done alot with it. Here are my radio status' at the time of launch:
BT: off, WiFi: off, Cellular: on and then HTC Performance: off.

You are amazing... I turned the phone's radio on and everything else off and ... tada!! It's now booting....